I too vomit while standing up at my full height.
Ye, they would probably bow down to vomit. Would be interesting to see how giraffes do it.
I found a youtube video explaining that giraffes have four stomachs. They vomit from the forth to the second or first, and very rarely does it come up. https://youtu.be/7EXnc8SXWV8?t=70
Are we sure they could vomit?
not sure, but 2 seconds is thinking about living animals tells us that that would probably bend over first.
Maybe not projectile vomit but they absolutely could reverse peristalsis just like any vertebrate. Giraffes chew their cud while upright after all. Peristalsis is agnostic to how high it’s pumping, since there is no functional loss in strength.
Edit: https://www.shutterstock.com/video/clip-1234348-watch-cud-ball-travel-down-giraffe’s-neck
they absolutely could reverse peristalsis just like any vertebrate.
AFAIK Horses cannot vomit, and I also was told that mice and rats cannot vomit.
What I’m describing isn’t actual vomiting either, but more like regurgitating. Rodents can do that, though horses can’t (because they can’t even belch, they’ve got a one way valve).
Ruminants like sheep and giraffes also don’t externally vomit but they do internally vomit which makes stuff change chambers in their stomach.
A question I never thought I’d want to have the answer to.
Do birds vomit?
What’s even scarier is that it used that amount of strength to bring the vomit up
Is friction really negligible here?
It’s probably pretty important. This paper on the terminal velocity of water droplets shows an upper limit of around 10m/s. And terminal velocity is reached in under 6m.
Honestly not that bad, tbh. You can easily beat those numbers with a hit from a car.
